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December 29, 2014

Indulge in some nostalgia-filled goodness with these classic Zelda skins.

Hyrule Warriors' pre-order incentive costume packs are now available for purchase via the Wii U eShop.

A total of four packs are up on Nintendo's online store, three of which include costumes for both Link and Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword. The fourth pack, dubbed Demon King, provides an alternate skin for Ganondorf.

December 28, 2014

High-end figure manufacturer First 4 Figures has just released a teaser for an upcoming Star Fox line of figures.

Over the last few days, First 4 Figures has been releasing teaser images of upcoming products they plan to release in 2015. Today they showed off what is unmistakably an Arwing from Star Fox. Further investigation leads us to believe that this figure will be based on artwork from Star Fox 64 3D.

As mentioned on the latest episode of the Famicast, we have gone back through the past four live telethon recordings and edited the 8-4 Play X Famicast segments into regular episode length shows. All episodes are already available on the iTunes feed, although you may have to scroll down quite far to find them all. To make things a bit easier we have also included the episodes here as a direct download, so please enjoy them as you see fit!

Disney's Up is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan for 3,240 yen. The movie can be viewed on the system with or without the 3D effect and is available with the Japanese dub. There is currently no word if any other full length movies will be released on the system or if Up will ever see a Western release on the 3DS platform.

December 26, 2014

You would think with Christmas taking place yesterday that Nintendo would take a break with downloads this week. But good news, as that is not the case! Instead, Nintendo has opted to release a fair amount of games for both systems. While Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse has been a hotly anticipated... Read more...

Crunchyroll, the popular online anime streaming service, is now available on Wii U.

The application can be downloaded via the Wii U eShop free of charge; however, you'll need to shell out for a subscription if you want to take full advantage of all the content available to premium members.

December 24, 2014

Two new rewards have been added to Club Nintendo in North America. First, there is a new Nintendo 3DS Game Card Case featuring covers based on Pikmin and Super Mario Bros. available for 400 coins. The second new reward is a NES Remix 2 T-shirt that costs 700 coins and is available in limited quantities.

The Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Japan is finally getting a new game, the first since May of this year.

This is what Joe Merrick, webmaster of Serebii, shared with us on Twitter. Pokemon Trading Card Game is the title in question, which previously released in Europe and North America back in July and November, respecitvely. It will set Japanese players back 617 yen and will release on the 24th of December.

December 19, 2014

Lace your boots (or your busters!) up for this week's selection of downloads!

Not much to go on this week. A lot of Nindy titles, including Meme Run is out today on the Wii U. Cool story, bro. There’s also a couple of Virtual Console games out today, including Mega Man Zero, which is sure to get Mega Man fans in a tizzy. Or maybe just Zero fans. Maybe there’s a Zero fanbase... Read more...

December 17, 2014

The support won't be major, but Amiibo will do "something" in each game.

Amiibo will do something in The Legend of Zelda Wii U and Star Fox Wii U, according to Shigeru Miyamoto in a recent interview.

While Miyamoto seemingly nixed the idea of Amiibo being a big part of either game, he did add "We do plan on doing something so that people who have Amiibo will get some enjoyment out of having Amiibo and using them in [Zelda Wii U and Star Fox]"

In just over a week you'll be able to play WayForward's 2D platformer on your GamePad.

Developer WayForward has announced that its 2D platformer Shantae and the Pirate's Curse will be releasing for Wii U on December 25.

The game is currently available on 3DS but will be making the leap to console next week, complete with off-TV play, an unlockable Pirate mode, and multiple endings. Additionally, the Wii U version will support the Classic Controller Pro and the Wii U Pro Controller.